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Priests—When bishops and priests are buried, their funeral is different from those of laymen or monks (a hieromonk may be buried either as a monk or as a priest). Because of their important role as preachers of the Word, the funeral for priests has numerous Gospel readings in it.
Catholic funeral service at St Mary Immaculate Church, Charing Cross. A Catholic funeral is carried out in accordance with the prescribed rites of the Catholic Church.Such funerals are referred to in Catholic canon law as "ecclesiastical funerals" and are dealt with in canons 1176–1185 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, [1] and in canons 874–879 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. [2]
The Gothic Revival chapel was originally built as a crypt for the remains of Father François Matignon, the first Catholic priest to come to Boston from France. [2] Father Dennis J. O'Donovan and many other priests are also buried there. [3] The chapel and cemetery were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]
The priest then recites a prayer for the dead person, one version of which is a variant of the second of the two "prayers of absolution" mentioned above. In the official English translation it asks: "Forgive whatever sins he/she committed through human weakness and in your goodness grant him/her eternal rest."
The people around the grave of Patrick J. Power believe they can be healed by touching the tombstone (1929) In October 1929, pilgrims began flocking to the grave of, Patrick J. Power, a 25-year old priest who died in 1869. The pilgrims believed that the rain water caught in the depression on Power's tomb had curative properties. [4]
Two chapels flank the cathedral. The Lady Chapel was completed in 1869. The Blessed Sacrament is reserved there and it has the daily Mass. The Bishop's Chapel was completed in 1935. It is dedicated to Saints John Fisher and Thomas More. Four bishops of Fall River are buried in the chapel's crypt. [4]
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Augustin Joseph Schulte says that Pope Sixtus II (257–259) was the first to prescribe that Mass should be celebrated on an altar, and that there are accounts according to which Lucian of Antioch celebrated Mass on his breast whilst in prison (312), and Theodore, Bishop of Tyre on the hands of his deacons. [8]